Press assistant vs press technician

The differences between press assistants and press technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a press assistant and a press technician. Additionally, a press technician has an average salary of $37,064, which is higher than the $33,732 average annual salary of a press assistant.

The top three skills for a press assistant include hand tools, preventative maintenance and safety policies. The most important skills for a press technician are safety rules, press machine, and quality products.

Press assistant vs press technician overview

	Press Assistant	Press Technician
Yearly salary	$33,732	$37,064
Hourly rate	$16.22	$17.82
Growth rate	-5%	-5%
Number of jobs	5,056	31,851
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 38%	High School Diploma, 35%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	4	4

Press assistant vs press technician salary

Press assistants and press technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Press Assistant	Press Technician
Average salary	$33,732	$37,064
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $42,000	Between $27,000 And $49,000
Highest paying City	Leominster, MA	-
Highest paying state	Washington	-
Best paying company	CPI Card Group	-
Best paying industry	Transportation	-

Differences between press assistant and press technician education

There are a few differences between a press assistant and a press technician in terms of educational background:

	Press Assistant	Press Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 38%	High School Diploma, 35%
Most common major	Political Science	Business
Most common college	-	-

Press assistant vs press technician demographics

Here are the differences between press assistants' and press technicians' demographics:

	Press Assistant	Press Technician
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 77.0% Female, 23.0%	Male, 86.5% Female, 13.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.4% Unknown, 3.5% Hispanic or Latino, 15.6% Asian, 7.2% White, 62.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 11.2% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 13.6% Asian, 6.6% White, 64.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between press assistant and press technician duties and responsibilities

Press assistant example responsibilities.

Manage shop, warehouse & inventories, supervise employees, schedule production, maintain and run equipment when need.
Perform varied tasks in an ISO atmosphere.
Work with both uv and water base inks.
Employ root cause analysis to troubleshoot equipment and process issues.
Assist press operator in all operations of multiple wide-web flexo presses.
Learned basic table stripping skills, lm duping, proo ng and platemaking.

Press technician example responsibilities.

Perform machining, including but not limit to components using mills, lathes and surface grinders to accomplish repairs.
Build, test and troubleshoot electrical and mechanical systems for prototype water distillation equipment.
Press operator on misc multicolore Heidelberg and Komori presses

Press assistant vs press technician skills

Common press assistant skills

Hand Tools, 12%
Preventative Maintenance, 12%
Safety Policies, 9%
Press Operators, 8%
Math, 5%
Basic Math, 5%

Common press technician skills

Safety Rules, 20%
Press Machine, 17%
Quality Products, 11%
Quality Checks, 10%
Machine Operation, 5%
Routine Maintenance, 5%